PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[Levas]

JUSTICE YELDHAM AND THE DYNAMIC RIBBON DEVICE "Birthdays" LP

Oh well.. After seeing him live and listening to a few of his releases, I never understood what's the big fuss about the guy. I think he accidentally cut himself once and there were some blood on stage so perhaps this was it.. But people all around the internet etc. were praising him so I'm not sure what to think.

Caligula031 - Bachelorette Party - nice album, white underwear in the box, everything more or less classic stuff.

Cambell Kneale Ani Courtis - Several More Echoes - Don't remember it

Minoy - Treatment Resistant / The Year of the Dog - interesting, minimalistic album. Enjoyable

Umpio - Opium Electronix I-III - I had these three apart from vol. II. But it drowned in the mass of other stuff. It's good to remember. Tripy, weirder and darker side of Umpio. Perfect after Minoy and for late night listening.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

ARDITI "Marching On To Victory" LP
City of the dead rec
Among my favorites of the martial bands. Debut full length, still good after many years. Monumental tracks, good sound, dark and oppressive. I think I should get the other Arditi stuff soon to playlist, as I have hard time remembering did they stay this good, or was there somekind of downwards progress like in case of Puissance for example.

[SiClark]

where's graphic novel from SiClark?

Not sure about graphic novels but at least Simon has some great animations on his YT channel. Check Mr. Sunshine for example, made me chuckle... :D

No graphic novel yet, but possibly on it's way. I did a two comic for a zombie anthology called Dead Roots and am working on a full length comic book at the moment. Will take a while to complete though.

[THE RITA HN]

Completely immersed myself in MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA's '2nd Movement' again after getting the vinyl version from Urashima. 
Playing on repeat as every facet of it seems to represent some facet of HN that interests me, especially in more contemporary terms.  So many details of minimal texture, airy crunch, and crumbling buzz that reminds me of the variously styled chapters of DBL's 'Low-Fi Power Carnage', but with a more concentrated subtly.  I love that it is from 1983 as it sets a very early textbook precedent for more later minimal texture masterworks from early Black Leather Jesus to Werewolf Jerusalem to something like Mark Solotroff + Sshe Retina Stimulant's 'Excellent Manipulation Of Distorted Tape Death'.  Between Bruno Cossano's 'Saffo's Pleasures' and other various MO recordings, the Italians yet again show their early dominance for rough and studied sounds.

[Baglady]

GOLDEN SERENADES - The Age Of Swing LP (A Dead Girl Called Wendy)
Overlooked is perhaps an often misused description, certainly by myself. But I really think Golden Serenades deserves more attention. This is just too good to be ignored. The first side is a wild mid paced monster; lots of low end below the higher frequency carnage raging on top. So many things going on at the same time, yet it never gets muddy and nothing feels redundant here. The flip side is perhaps even better, starting out feverishly and energetic, calms down from time to time without losing the tension. Build up, climax, calm down, build up, climax and so on. The arsenal of sounds and the duos' skills to combine them on this record is just amazing.
I believe Wendy still have some copies in stock for those who are interested, and there's plenty on discogs.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Lots of those MO's reissues waiting in line...  Don't know yet which "campaign" to start - extreme rotation of URASHIMA or VINYL ON DEMAND. So much records that yet to even listened once!

AMPUTATION THEORY "Voyeur" tape
Cipher
Guy from WILT and many other projects here. Mix together vintage XXX audiotrack and noise, hour of stuff. Occasionally good. Occasionally quite lazy. There is variation and changes to keep you interested. Feels like one long sessions with minor edits?

Taliban / Paranoid Time  "Air Lice" 10"
SNSE
Taliban is at his best on later 3rd of side. Harsh noise that's not that aggressive, but when mixed with bassy thumping noises and high pitch electronics, starts to be nice industrial noise.
Paranoid Time, mr. Loud Louder Loudest, delivers that. Harsh distortion, quickly modulated pedal noise with physical element. No cuts. Most likely live take. Then half way on the side sudden change to metal junk, loops, oral-noises that barely qualify as "vocals". Much more interesting and wild stuff! No less harsh, but just more texture and things going on.

Hive Mind &  John Wiese  " ...Trick Satanism" 10"
Chondritic Sound
First side is called It's Exactly What You Think It Is... and other side ...Trick Satanism. I first thought the title would refer to sound of this collaboration. Combine HM and JW together with attitude: It's Exactly What You Think It Is! Heavy slow paced synth noise oscillations of Hive Mind under crispy digital feeling layer of ultra grainy distortion. Pretty good stuff. I think perhaps the level of distortion makes stuff less interesting, as it never really goes for hard & forceful noise, but at the same time there is element less likely to be found from HM solos.. So certainly worth of purchase for dirt cheap prices seen at discogs...

MEN BEHIND THE SUN "Unit 731" 10"
Steinklang
Two guys same as Rasthof Dachau, Krieger, etc with one off project focusing on samples from Men Behind The Sun movie and musically not that far from their main works. I don't know how relevant is side project which is so close to main project. Recorded 1998, releases 2002 as 10" and CDR. Loop creating rhythm on back, some sort of noisy electronic sound on top giving texture and samples. Then quite harsh distortion pedal works and samples which is some of the most amateurish pedal modulations heard for some time. B-side goes back to calm synth drones and movie samples driven through echoing effects. Last track with rhytmic noises and samples. Not sure what is logic of all side projects, but could be basically theme album of other of their projects... Not horrible, but very very generic release which doesn't require much listening.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

CURRENT 93 "Nature Unveiled" LP+7"
Durtro
2008 reissue with 7". Two side long massive pieces of ritualistic vocal drone/growl kind of stuff. Some percussions and great build up for noiser and electronic sound. 7" with one C93 track and one NWW track featuring Tibet. All in all great release!

EARWIGS / SONIC DISORDER "This 7" fucks like 12" " 7"
RRRecords
huh. I recall Ron was talking that after bunch of professional releases, he wanted to get something utmost rubbish done. So he invited 2 absolute atrocious noise outsiders who do lo-fi crap that almost nobody dares to release on vinyl. And 7" vinyl packaged in 12" cover. And what it is? Total noise rubbish! Is it good - is basically up to taste of person. In some ways one can rate this 0/5 or simply 5/5 kind of release. I like it.

KLINIK "Black Leather" 12"
Antler Subway
3 track ep of sleazy techno-industrial of some sort. Year 1990 means its not the earliest industrial stuff, but still not solo works of total EBM cheece. Or maybe it is, but old technology still works for its advantage. Dirk is still in band and I guess left quite soon after this?

[fin de siècle]

I think I should get the other Arditi stuff soon to playlist, as I have hard time remembering did they stay this good, or was there somekind of downwards progress like in case of Puissance for example.

Arditi "Omne Ensis Impera" is by far their best album, perfectly arranged compositions & dark melancholic melodies ...
also the collaboration album Arditi/Toroidh "United in Blood" is excellent.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Gerechtigkeits Liga  "Hypnotischer Existenzialismus" LP
Side Effects
Back in the day, someone recommended this to me as SPK style industrial. Later on happened to get different version of this. Not sure if much difference to sound, but according to discogs listing I was just watching, there is one less track in 2nd edition?! Not sure if material is missing of is it just difference in listning. Rhythmic industria from 1985. Classic? Maybe not, but it has its moments. Not all beats and drum machine things have aged well, and perhaps the sax moments on b-side not phenomenal either, but all in all, still survives the listening test, heh..

Nihilist Assault Group / Blue Sabbat Black Cheer "Planned Obsolescence / Obsolete" LP
Gnarled Forest
Huh... I guess TNB connections are not too hot anymore? While 105 people "want this" at discogs, apparently not for as high price as 5USD what bunch of sellers are asking, hah. It's not bad really, but kind of useless depending on amount of noise one has. Two side long tracks, what has sound not far from Incapacitants "Ministry of Foolishness", but compositional style of Vomir. So yes, heavy bassy low end. Yes, lots of crispy high pitched texture on top. But that's it. Same sound for 2 sides of LP. Abundance of records of this style perhaps makes it less likely to be on ultimate top-10 wants of anyone, but I satisfying blast nevertheless.

[P-K]

KLINIK "Black Leather" 12"
Antler Subway
3 track ep of sleazy techno-industrial of some sort. Year 1990 means its not the earliest industrial stuff, but still not solo works of total EBM cheece. Or maybe it is, but old technology still works for its advantage. Dirk is still in band and I guess left quite soon after this?

just before Dirk left (and released 'first album' as DIVE http://youtu.be/VujRLWOmAlg in 1990)...

imho, anyone interested in the more industrial/experimental side of "ebm" should check The Klinik (not Marc's solo Klinik), especially Sabotage/Melting Close,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffhJ6Kyk2-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eidDxaWGTtk
and the 'box' album :
http://youtu.be/Nch8fKw35zg
http://youtu.be/Vx1S8VuHe_8
http://youtu.be/R4US2eZ3Eh8
http://youtu.be/AUG89pKNa4U

cold as fuck!

[burdizzo]

SONNE HAGAL "Läuthner 2a" 7"
Luftschulz
After I had listened that new Der Blutharsch split 7", not only DB was pretty lame, but that other band was like lazy Neurosis type of band. Nothing experimental, nothing industrial or related. Just mid paced aggro vocal whatever...  Though, I rather cleanse my ears with some pure neo folk then! And that's what Sonne Hagal delivers. Nothing more, nothing less. It's predictable, easylistening, harmless,....  Basically something I'd say I both can admire in some occasions, and can hate in other. I do miss the slightest traces of personality and difference. I miss the apocalyptic post-industrial connection and charismatic performers doing songs. I do listen Sonne Hagal rather than Of the Wand And The Moon for example.

Been already 4 years since last listened Sonne Hagal. Now was spinning "Jordansfrost" LP on Luftschulz (Tesco Distribution labels). So basically I could just repeat what I said above. Good stuff to listen to. I like the accordion, flute, violin, etc In this album a lot of people are helping out. Members from Of the wand and the moon, Ernte, Lux Inferna, Darkwood, Waldteufel and many others. Very professional, very nice. I just hope vocalist would be singing out-loud occasionally. This humming in whisperlike strength gets old. Certainly there must be topic in lyrics what require full on powerful delivery? Ok. I'll be returning to Sonne Hagal in some years...

I like some Sonne Hagal stuff as well, though not so much 'Jordanfrost'. In fact, their singles are usually better than the albums. They had one really nice one, a 12" collaboration with someone called Polarzirkel, whoever they are. Not neofolk at all, and really quite experimental with deep electronic bass murmurings, industrial reverberations, and short snatches of primitive rhythm. They had a couple of nice 10"s too, but they were rather more neofolky. Nevertheless, they do have an experimental side.

[eyestrain]

GOLDEN SERENADES - The Age Of Swing LP (A Dead Girl Called Wendy)
Overlooked is perhaps an often misused description, certainly by myself. But I really think Golden Serenades deserves more attention. This is just too good to be ignored. The first side is a wild mid paced monster; lots of low end below the higher frequency carnage raging on top. So many things going on at the same time, yet it never gets muddy and nothing feels redundant here. The flip side is perhaps even better, starting out feverishly and energetic, calms down from time to time without losing the tension. Build up, climax, calm down, build up, climax and so on. The arsenal of sounds and the duos' skills to combine them on this record is just amazing.
I believe Wendy still have some copies in stock for those who are interested, and there's plenty on discogs.

Absolutely love this LP!!

I think I should get the other Arditi stuff soon to playlist, as I have hard time remembering did they stay this good, or was there somekind of downwards progress like in case of Puissance for example.

Arditi "Omne Ensis Impera" is by far their best album, perfectly arranged compositions & dark melancholic melodies ...
also the collaboration album Arditi/Toroidh "United in Blood" is excellent.

Being almost completely uninterested in martial (industrial), I still absolutely love this group; particularly this album. I would say that they strengthen with each release almost. Leading The Iron Resistance falls just short of Omne... by just a few feet. Their recent 7" with Atomtrakt is fairly enjoyable too, although no sort of deviation from their past work.

Custodian/Developer - Split (Narcolepsia): Killer material from both artists. Don't think Custodian branched out too far from his comfort zone at all; i.e., these tracks nailed it. Developer just keeps getting better and better. Sometimes there's a flop release here and there, but these tracks are phenomenal. More eclectic, varied and dense than ever, but not just simple pedal freakery either.

Ascites - Waste (Narcolepsia): A collection tape from a few years worth of work. Really like the variety. Ranges from harsh noise blasts to some (almost-death-)industrial atmospheres. One track seems to be some wild free jazz drumming and I could have easily lived without that part, heh. Great tape though!

Mark Van Fleet - Neg Scan (Amnesia Program): Absolutely subtle droning music. Not unlike Soliloquy For Lilith at times, but without any sort of esoteric edge. Lots of (slighted) variety throughout the whole, but it always keeps a patient pace regardless.

Lubomyr Melnyk - Corollaries (Erased Tapes): Sunshiney, happy piano muzak that stays just clear enough of New Age territory. This might be a dud for the whole board, heh, but I'm loving this work more and more. Recent hour and a half video on URSSS is top-notch: http://www.ursss.com/2014/05/lubomyr-melnyk/

V/A - Codex 01 (San France Disko): From A. Gand and some of his close cohorts. Gorgeous artbook of paintings, drawings, and more along with this disc. Very similar territory to the Minnesang 10"s on Octroi - quasi-folk, beats, medieval-sounding oddities. Looking forward to grabbing volume two some day.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA "Host Sodomy" LP
Urashima
Re-issue from 1986. Noise, two simple tracks, but like The Rita said somewhere earlier, think about band starting from '82 and delivering often proto-harsh noise walls, and when you think what most of UK PE bands were at the time or how vast majority of true harsh noise projects were not even near, it is pretty remarkable. Is it best MO, probably not. Always nice to listen to!

MERZBOW "Collection 009" LP
Urashima
Weird choice for LP re-issue! There are at least 10 of the "collection" tapes from 1981. Sound collage era of Merzbow. So to pick up number 9? Not sure if its the best or just happened to be unavailable. I see some parts have been reissued on tape or such. But why exactly this? Don't know. For me it doesn't stand out particularly from early output. Mizutani contributing. Junk sounds, percussions, odd electronics, instruments, weirdness. No real noise, all appears as lowest arts junk stuff. In a way, I feel this is VERY good, and it gives me different feel unlike almost anything else, but at the same time I'm still confused why 009? Why not 001 for example. Random pick from series? Don't know.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

MURDER CORPORATION "Butcher Meat" LP
Urashima
Its very hard to say what exactly is the highlight of MC. Some stuff is certainly better than another, but much better? Or what exactly? I just like the overall mood of this project, and rugged sound quality. Vocals on this release are pretty grim. Best moments are at end of B-side where its basically just s/m film audio decayed into violent tape noise!

SLEEP CHAMBER "Babylon" 12"
Inner-X-musick
I've never been really fan of Sleep Chamber, but maybe due aesthetics of groups early releases (s/m & magick in neat b/w design), accidentally I have build quite massive Sleep Chamber collection. Mr. Zewizz is one of the very rare cases where I actually had to remove someone from "facebook friends" as his childish butthurt over every small criticism he or his projects received somewhere over the decades would start to effect any possibility to listen this stuff, haha!  This 12" I bought in some record store in Brooklyn. 45rpm 4 song ep. Gothic danceable industrial music here. Electro beats, bass riffs, some experimental electro sounds and vocals that are processed often quite succesfully with mild effects. 1986 Sleep Chamber wasn't as interesting anymore as in early stages, but still stuff I occasionally rotate on turntable!

[FreakAnimalFinland]

LAMIA IS "Flesharvest" 10"
State Art
Gloomy dark ambient / industrial sounds with pitched voices. Not bad. Not big fan of the style, but not bad.

PAN SONIC / SUNN O / ALAN VEGA 10"
Limited edition of 3000!!! hahaha!!! Well, fuck, who knows if this would sell such amounts. One side 3 chord slow song with guitars/keys and electronics, Other side electronic + vocals and acoustic guitar + singing track. Bought it for Pan Sonic, and all there is, is Mika Vainio contributing little electronics on a-side...

ATRAX MORGUE "Black Slaughter" LP
Urashima
Perhaps more BDN-esque stuff from AM. Dark, sinister and deadly sounding, often bassy and "quiet" death industrial sound. Short tracks, good diversity. Vocals, samples, etc. Very good LP!

ERIK FRIEDLANDER "Alchemy" 10"
Hrönir
Slow and calm acoustic industrument work, some experimental stuff. Really good! Listened few times instantly and surely have to give it more playtime sometime soon!